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1/4 Anna - Faisal with central circle
| Issuer | Sultanate of Muscat and Oman |
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| Year | 1895 |
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| Shape | Round |
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| Reverse description | The reverse displays four lines of Arabic script within the central field, naming the issuing territory Muscat and Oman, the denomination Rub Anna (quarter anna), and the Hijri date 1312. The inscriptions are contained within a central circle formed by a beaded border, which is itself surrounded by a plain outer field and a raised rim. The legends are boldly struck in relief against a flat field, in a plain epigraphic style characteristic of Gulf coinage of the period. |
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| Mintage | 1312 (1895) - ۱۳۱۲ |
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The Sultanate of Muscat and Oman maintained a chaotic monetary environment throughout the nineteenth century, relying heavily on imported Maria Theresa Thalers, Indian rupees, and a rotating cast of foreign copper for everyday transactions. Sultan Faisal bin Turki, who came to power in 1888, authorized this copper coinage partly to assert a degree of administrative independence from the dominant British Indian monetary orbit — though Indian currency continued to circulate freely alongside it. The KM#4.1 designation distinguishes this variety by the central circle, a detail that separates it from the plainer KM#4.2 struck concurrently.